Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012

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Exciting Holiness
Isaiah 43.1-7
Psalm 3.3-5, 8
Hebrews 5.1-4
Matthew 16.24-26

Holy Communion
Acts 9.1-20
Psalm 117
John 6.52-59

Morning Prayer
Psalm 107 (or) 31
Exodus 28.1-4a, 29-38
Luke 2.1-20

Evening Prayer
Psalm 77 (or) 35
Deuteronomy 7.12-end
Ephesians 3.1-13

Collect

Merciful God,
who raised up your servant Alphege
to be a pastor of your people
and gave him grace to suffer for justice and true religion:
grant that we who celebrate his martyrdom
may know the power of the risen Christ in our hearts
and share his peace in lives offered to your service;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

Post Communion

God our redeemer,
whose Church was strengthened by the blood of your martyr Alphege:
so bind us, in life and death, to Christ’s sacrifice
that our lives, broken and offered with his,
may carry his death and proclaim his resurrection in the world;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Eternal God,
who gave us this holy meal
in which we have celebrated the glory of the cross
and the victory of your martyr Alphege:
by our communion with Christ
in his saving death and resurrection,
give us with all your saints the courage to conquer evil
and so to share the fruit of the tree of life;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BCP: Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012